“All cached file contents are temporary, never permanently stored, and never used as training data when privacy mode is enabled.”
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The temporary-only nature of cached file storage under privacy mode limits how long file contents remain on Cursor's systems.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim focuses on permanent storage as the primary proposition. The training-data prohibition is an independent proposition recorded in omitted_material and addressed separately in id 59567.
The updated terms clarify that Cursor maintains zero data retention agreements with all AI model providers and will not use customer data for training. However, the revised language now explicitly states that model providers may run risk classifiers to detect policy violations, and if your prompts or conversations trigger abuse detectors, your data may be stored temporarily for investigation and deleted according to the providers' retention policies. The policy removed the legacy Privacy Mode option; non-ZDR models now require explicit admin opt-in. You can review the specific retention policies of OpenAI and Anthropic through their documentation.
View change record →When privacy mode is enabled, cached file contents will not be retained permanently by Cursor.
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"All cached file contents are temporary, never permanently stored, and never used as training data when privacy mode is enabled.Excerpt from Cursor's Data Use & Privacy Overview
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The temporary-only nature of cached file storage under privacy mode limits how long file contents remain on Cursor's systems.
When privacy mode is enabled, cached file contents will not be retained permanently by Cursor.
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